WHAT'S MY LINE - VOLUME #3
What's My Line? was one of network television's longest running and most beloved prime time game shows with a broadcast run of seventeen and one-half years. The game consisted of four panelists trying to guess the occupation of a guest contestant. The show was hosted by newsman John Daly and regular panel members were Dorothy Kilgallen (A gossip writter), Arlene Francis (an actress) and Bennett Cerf (a book publisher).
As the questioning rotated, a panel member asked questions and the guest would answer either "yes" or "no." A contestant received $5 for each "no" answer. Ten "no" answers ended the game in favor of the contestant. A mystery guest segment was also included in which the panelists were blindfolded. In this 40 episode set you will see some of the biggest names in show business from Joan Crawford to Bette Davis, Gordon and Shela McRae to Robert Ryan, Buddy Hackett, Victor Borge and loads more. This set probably offers the opportunity to see these great stars when they were not performing but just having great fun.
The mystery guests were paid $500 as an appearance fee whether they won or lost the game. This was in addition to the maximum $50 game winnings. Guest panelists were paid $750 as an appearance fee. The regular panelists were under contract and were paid "much more". The quality is excellent for this old TV series.
SET #3 (54 episodes)
Disc 1
Robert Q. Lewis
Fred Allen
Betty White
Burl Ives
Paul Muni
Audrey Meadows
Lilly Dache
Peggy King
James Mitchell U.S. Secretary Of Labor
Jean Pierre Aumont
Joe E. Lewis
Joe DiMaggio
Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
Robert Q. Lewis
Disc 2
Hal March
Robert Q. Lewis
Gale Storm
Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey
Herman Wouk
Van Heflin
Jean Simmons
Harry Belafonte
Phil Silvers
Dick Kollmar
Garry Moore
Jack Palance
George Axelrod
Vivian Blaine
Disc #3
Jack Straus Head of Macy's Department
Bernard F. Gimbel Head Of The Competing Gimbel's Department Store
Martha Raye
Fred Allen
Margaret Sullivan
Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy
Ezio Pinza
bonus
I've Got a Secret
Guest is Kaye Ballard
Panel: Bill Cullen, Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, and Betsy Palmer
Disc #4
Mark Goodson & Bill Todman
Jackie Cooper
Vivian Blaine
Gary Crosby
Fred Allen
Edward G. Robinson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Victor Borge
Herman Wouk
Steve Randolph Churchill
Kim Novak
Fred Allen
Desi Arnaz
Disc #5
Jayne Mansfield
Fred Allen
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
General Mark Clark
Robert Taylor
Betty Hutton
Emmett Kelly (This episode appears to be edited, perhaps missing a second mystery guest as it runs only about 21 minutes instead of the usual 25, also notable as Fred Allen?s last show, he would die of a heart attack 6 days later)
Cyd Charisse
Advice Columnist Ann Landers
Steve Allen (This episode features a special introduction by John Daly mentioning Fred Allen?s death)
Linda Darnell
Garry Moore
The ?I?ve Got A Secret Panel? including Bill Cullen, Jayne Meadows, Henry Morgan, and Faye Emerson
Imogene Coca
Victor Borge
Ray Bolger
Johnny Carson
Disc #6
Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds,
Celeste Holm
Elsa Maxwell
"Dick Tracy" creator Chester Gould
Hedda Hopper
Peter Lind Hayes
Marguerite Higgins Foreign Correspondent
Edgar Bergen & Mortimer Snerd
Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney
Mary Healy
Supreme Court Justice Bill Douglas
Peter Lawford
Art Linkletter
Ronald Reagan
Ozzie & Harriet Nelson
Liberace
Frank Lloyd Wright
Peter Lawford
Charles Atlas
Jane Powell
Jack E. Leonard

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